Background: Food safety is an important part of public health that links health to agriculture and other food production sectors. Seniors are at particular risk of food borne illnesses because of their weaken immune systems, decrease in stomach acidity and intestinal peristalsis. The aim: to assess the knowledge of the elderly and their caregivers about food safety. Design: descriptive cross sectional research design. Setting: The present study was carried out at Assiut city and Assiut district in Assiut governorate. The subjects: purposive sample used in this study, 10% of the total number of the elderly people from every area was selected randomly who aged 60 years and above and their caregivers involved in the study. The total number of the elderly was 720 (340 from urban and 380 from rural areas) and their caregivers (135 subjects). Results: The results revealed that (44.1%) of the urban and (52.1%) of the rural elderly referred to the house wife as responsible for food safety, the majority of both the urban elderly (85.0%) and their caregivers (88.6%) identify the presence of different diseases caused by contaminated food. Conclusion: the subjects from both the elderly and their caregivers had a lack of knowledge regarding the non-recommended food for the elderly, pesticide residue elimination from the food. Recommendation: the information about food safety should be disseminated through mass media, television, newspapers and magazines at regular periods. Adequate books, periodical and pamphlets with simple explanations including materials related to food safety should be available in the different public libraries
Background: Child labor today represents the largest single cause of child abuse across the global. Most of it takes place in economically less developed countries and much is hidden. Objectives: The aims of this study were to found out the nature and impact of child labor in the stone quarries on his health status and assess the work hazards associated with these concern. Methods Design: A descriptive comparative design was used .Setting: at stone quarries in El-Minia city and two Governmental schools (primary and preparatory). Sample: Study consisted sample of two groups: two hundred working children (studied group) and three hundred school children as control group. Tools: Three tools were developed and utilized. Socio-demographic characteristics, assessment sheet, and Observation check list. Results: It was found that the mean age studied group was 13.0± 1.2, compared to 12.0± 1.2for control group. More than half of studied group of studied group were working for the need to money and to share in family income. About two third of studied group exposed to different types of injuries during work in quarry. There was statistical significant difference between studied and control group groups regarding body mass index physical assessment and bad habits. Also the results of this study explored that most of studied group exposed to all items of work hazards. Conclusion: It can be concluded that almost all working children in stone quarries were facing much health complains and working hazards. Recommendations: Quarries owners should provide all working children with appropriate protective measures and trained them on methods of protecting themselves from work hazards.
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